Abstract
THAT dread disease hydrophobia, caused by the bite of rabid animals, is of considerable importance in India, and 456 deaths were attributed to it in 1930 in the Madras Presidency. The report for 1930 of the Director, Major lyengar, of the Pasteur Institute of Southern India, Coonoor, records that 541 patients were treated at the Institute, with 5 deaths, a mortality rate of 0.92 per cent. In addition, 4747 cases were treated at other centres in the Madras Presidency, with 5 deaths. Semple's carbolised sheep vaccine was used throughout, the virus being in its 1154th passage at the end of the year. Animals to the number of 229, including one elephant, were also treated, with no death. Bites treated were inflicted by eleven species of animals, including man, panther, leopard, jackal, and fox.
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